The only thing that is surprising about Putin’s move on Ukraine is that the West is surprised. For nearly 20 years, ever since Putin was…
The only thing that is surprising about Putin’s move on Ukraine is that the West is surprised. For nearly 20 years, ever since Putin was…
Joe Biden continues to innovate in grand strategy. This is his third strategic innovation in the international arena. The first, in Afghanistan, was his concept…
Never in modern history have gas prices been so high in Europe. One million Btu (British thermal unit, the unit of account for gas, which…
Mr Putin’s aims are fairly transparent. Basically he wants to keep himself in power and he wants to re-assert Russia’s role as a world power…
Contrary to the fears publicly expressed by the Ukrainian government in December 2021, and later echoed by the US authorities, Vladimir Putin has no intention…
Despite a few recent media-savvy jabs, there was no reason why the Geneva summit between the American and Russian presidents on 16 June 2021 should…
The President of the United States is making a major trip to Europe. From today, he will attend a G-7 summit in Cornwall, where four…
The Foreign Affairs Council of the European Union (EU), to be held on Monday 22 February in Brussels, will be dedicated to the relations it…
Gérald Darmanin left for Moscow on 26 October. The Minister of the Interior, who does not want a second beheading of a professor, went to…
On 6 September 2020, the German government issued a quasi-ultimatum to the Kremlin: either you explain what happened to your opponent Navalny, who was poisoned…
The Franco-Russian dialogue “of trust and security”, as the Elysée Palace calls it, was relaunched on 26 June by a video-conference summit between Vladimir Putin…
By Renaud Girard To everyone’s surprise, in his State of the Nation address of 15 January 2020, the President of Russia announced significant constitutional changes soon…